the most important file
Acantho - thorn
Actino -
Aero - air
Arc - arch
arch(ae/i) - ancient
are - space
areni - sandy
arg(en/lyr) - silver
arthro - joint
artic - jointed
artio - even-numbered
arundin - reed-like
asc - sac
asper - rough
aspid - shield
ast(e)r - star
astrag - dice (originally a knuckle bone)
ater, atra - black
atr(ium) - vestibule
austral - southern
auto - self
aux - grow
avi - bird
axi - axis
azyg - unpaired
B
Baca - small berry
Baccatus - berried
Baena - walking
Balan - acorn
Barb - beard
Baro - weight
Basi - at the bottom
bat(is) - skate, ray
bdella - sucker
bell - pretty
bi - two
biblio - book
bi(ola) - life
blast - germ, embryo, bud. Also, cell with nucleus (e.g. sideroblast)
bore - north
botane - plant
botry - small bunch of grapes
bov - ox
brachi - arm
brachy - short
brady - slow
branch - gill
brevi - short
brizo - to nod
bronch - windpipe
bucca - mouth cavity
bulbos - bulbous
bullat - wrinkled
buno - hill
bursa - pouch, purse
C
Caduci - temporary
Caec - blind
Caespit - tufted
Calam - reed, aspen
Calc - stone
Calli - beautiful
Callos - callous
Calor - heat
Camp - field
Campanula
- bell (instrument)
Cand - white, pure
Cani - dog
cap(it) - head
capill - hair
capsella - small box
card - heart
carin - keel
cam - flesh
carotid - producing stupor
cary - nut
cata - down
cauda - tail
cav - hollow
centi - hundred
ceph(al) - head
cera(s)(t) - horn
cerebro - brain
cerv - neck
ch(e)ir - hand
chaero - to please
chaet - bristle
chamae - on ground
chel - turtle
cheno - goose
chiasm - crossing
chil - lip
chlamy - outer garment
chlor - green
choan - funnel
chondr - cartilage
chord - cord
chorion - membrane
chrom - color
chrys - golden
chyl - fluid
chym - juice
cili - eyelash
ciner - ashen, grey
cipit - head
circum - around
cirr - tentacle (originally curl)
cl(e)ist - closed
clad - branch
clast - broken
clav - key
cleid - key
cleithr - bar, key
clin - bed, recline
cloaca - sewer
cochl - shell
coel - hollow
col(on) - large intestine
coll - neck
collat - borne together
columella - little column
com - with
commis - sent out
communis - colonial
commutat - changed
compact - compact
compress - flattened
con - with
conch - shell
condyl - knuckle
cono - cone
contra - opposite
convolvo - to entwine
copro - dung
cora(xlg) - raven
corb - basket
cord - heart
corium - leather
corn - horn
coron - crown
corp - body
cort - bark
cost - rib
cotyl - cup
crani - skull
crass - thick
crep - shoe
cribi - sieve
cric - ring
crispus - curled
crist - crest
cru(rals) - shank
cruci - cross-like
crypt - hidden
cten - comb
cune - wedge
cusp - lance, point
cuti - skin
cyan - blue
cycl - circular
cyno - dog
cyst - capsule
cyt -
cell
D
Dactyl - finger
Dasy - shaggy
Deci - ten
Decid - falling off
Decuss - cross banding
Deka - ten
Delph - womb
Delphis -
dolphin
Demi - half
Demoliri - to pull down; destroy
Dendr - tree
dent/don/dont- tooth/teeth
derm - skin
dero - persisting
desmo - band
deut - second
dextro - right
di(a) - two
dia - through
didym - twin
digit - finger
dino - terrible
diplo - double
dipso - thirst
dissect - deeply cut
dodeca -
twelve
don’t - tooth
dors - back
drom - quick running
dubi - doubtful
dulci -
sweet
duo - two
dur - hard
E
Echino - spiny
Echis - viper
Eco - house
Ecto - outside
Effer - carrying away
Effusus -
loosely spreading
Ejacul - throw out
Elasmo - plate, flat
Elat - tall
-ell - diminutive
Ellucid - shining
through
Embio - living
Embol - thrown in
Endo - inside
Engy - narrow
Ensi -
sword
Entolenter - inside
Eo - dawn, east
Epi - upon
Equi - horse, equal
Erect - upright
Erythr - red
Esculent - edible
Ethm - sieve
Eu - well, very
Eury - wide
Ex - from
Exiguus - slender
Exo - outside
Extens - draw out
Extra - beyond
Extrins - coming from
F
Fab - bean
Falc - sickle-shaped
Fallax - false
fasc(ic) - bundle
fatuus - foolish, useless
feli - cat
fer - carry
ficar - fig-like
fil - thread
fistul - hollow, tube
flacc - flabby
flav - yellow
flexu - wavy
flocculus - lock of wool
fluitans -
floating
foen - hay
foetid - foul smelling
foli - leaf
fontan - fountain
foramen - opening
fornix - vault
fovea - shallow round depression
fruticans - shrubby
fund - to pour
furc(ul) - fork
G
Gal - milk
Gale - weasel
Gall - of
France
Gangli - knot
Gano - shining
gast(e)r - stomach, pouch
gemin - twins
gemm - bud
genu - knee, joint
geranium - crane
gerro - shield
gladi - sword
glen - socket
glia - glue
glom(er) - half of yam
glo(ss/tt) - tongue
glut - sticky
gl(uly)c - sweet
glypt - carved, engraved
gnaph - wool
gnath - jaw
goni - angle
gono - seed
gracil - slender
gram - of grass
gymn - naked
gyn - woman
gyr - turning
H
Haem - blood
Hal - salty
hallu(x/ci) - big toe
hamat - hook
haplo - single, simple
hasta(t) - spear-tip shape
hect - hundred
heira - hawk
helios - sun
helminth - worm
helo - wart
hemi - half
hepa(r/t)
- liver
hepta - seven
hetero - different
hex - six
hibem - winter
hippo - horse
hirsu[t] - hairy
hispid - bristly
histri - actor
holo - complete, whole
homo - human/man (Latin)
homo - same (Greek)
homal - flat
hormon - that which excites
hortens - of gardens
humus - ground
hyal - glassy
hydr - water
hyemal - winter
hyo - U-shaped
hyper - above
hypo - beneath
I
Ichthy - fish
-ida - like
-idea - ending of zoological family names
Ileum - twisted
Impar - unpaired
In - in, not
-in - diminutive
-inae - ending of zoological sub-family names
Incarnat - flesh coloured
Incis - cutting in
Incus - anvil
Inermis -
unarmed
Inflexis - rigid
Infra - under
Inter - between
Intra - within
Iod - violet
-iola - diminutive
Iris - rainbow
Iso - equal
Iter - passage
J
Jug - yoked together
Jungoljunc - to bind
K
Ket - ketone
Kilo - thousand
L
Labi -
lips
Labyrinth - tortuous passage
Lacer - torn
Lacrim - tears
Lact - milk
Lacuna - space
Laevo - left
Lagena - flask
Lamella - leaf, layer
lan(at) - wool
lanceol(at) - lance-shaped
lati - broad
lecith - egg yolk
lemm - skin,
husk
lens - lentil, bean
leo(n) - lion
lepid - scale
lepto - slender
leuc - white
levator - lifter
lign - wood
ligul - strap-shaped
lin - line
ling - tongue
lip - fat
lith - stone
log(y) - discourse
loph - crest
lumen - cavity
luna - moon
lupus - wolf
lute - yellow
lymph - clear water
lysis - loosen macr- large
M
Macula - spot
Magni - large
Maj - greater
Mala - cheek
Malleus - hammer, mallet
Mamma - breast
Mandib - lower jaw
Manu - hand
Maritim - of the sea
Marsupium - pouch
Masseter -
chewer
Mast - nipple
mat(e)ri - mother
maxi - large
maxill - jaw
maxim -
greatest
meatus - passage
medi - medium
medull - marrow
mega - large
mel(l)I - honey
melan - black
menin(x,g) - membrane
meno - moon
mer - part
meso - middle
meta - after, beyond
micro - small
milli - thousand
min - smaller
minim - smallest
mirabile - wonderful
miss - sent
mito - thread
mixi - mingle
moll - soft
monil - string of beads
mono - one
montan - of mountains
morph - form
motor - mover
multi - many
mural - walls
muri - mouse
myo - muscle, mouse
myri - countless
myx - mucous
myz - sucker
N
na(rls) - nose
necro - dead
necto - swimming
nema - hair
nemoral - in woods
neo - new
nephr - kidney
neur - nerve
nictitat - winking
nigr - black
non - not
nona - nine
noth - spurious
notho - southern
noto - back, south
nu(clx) - nut
nuch - back of neck
nucle - little nut
nud - naked
nulli - none
nutans
- nodding
O
Obtect - concealed
Obturat - closed
Obtusi - blunt
Occiden - Western
Occip - back of head
Oct - eight
-ode - way or path
Odont - tooth
Odor - fragrant
Oecious - house of
Oed - swollen
Oen - wine
Oesoph - gullet
Officinal - used in medicine
-oid - like
Olecran - skull of
elbow
Oleo - oily
Olfact - smelling
Oligo - few
Oliva - olive
Omaso - paunch
Oment - fat skin
Omm - eye
Omo - shoulder
Omphalo - navel
Onto - existing
Oo - egg
op(t) - eye
operculum -
little cover
ophi - snake
ophthalmo - eye
opistho - behind
opoter - either
or - mouth
orbi - circle
orch - testicle
oriental - Eastern
ornith - bird
ortho - straight
os(ti) - mouth
os(s/t) - bone
ostrac
- shell
ot - ear
ovi - sheep
ovo - egg
oxys, oxus - sharp, pointed
P
Pachy - thick
Palae - old
palli(um) - mantle
pallid - pale
palustri - in marshes
pan - ali
par(a) - near
parie - wall
parvi - little
patella - small dish
patens - spreading
pect(or) -
chest
pectin - comb-like
ped - foot, child
pene - almost
penia - deficiency
pent -
five
per(i) - through, beyond
peregrin - foreign
peri - around
persic - peach
petr -
rock
phaeo - dark
phag - eat
phalan(g/x) - close formation of troops
phalar - shining
phanero - visible
pher - carry
phil - love
phloe - tree bark
phor - carry
pho(s/to) - light
phragm - fence
phren - diaphragm, mind
phyl - tribe
phyll - leaf
physa - bladder
physio - nature
phyto - plant
pil -
hair
pinea - pine cone
pinnat - feather-shaped
pisum - pea
pisc - fish
plac - plate, tablet
plagio - oblique
plan - flat
platy - flat, broad
plec(o/t) - twist, pluck
plesio - near
pleth - full
pleur - side
plex - interwoven
plica - fold
plum - feather
pneu(mo/st) - air, lung
pod - foot
pogo - beard
polio - grey
polit - polished
poll(ex) - thumb
poly - many
pons - bridge
porc - pig
porphyr - purple
porta - gate
post - after
potam - river
potero - drinking cup
praeco - early
pratens - in meadows
pre - before
prim -
first
pro - in front of
proct - anus
procumbens - lying flat
profund - deep
proliger - bear offspring
prom - first
proso - front
prostratus - lying flat
prot - first
prunus - plum
psamma - sand
pseud - false
psycho -
mind
psychro - cold
pter - wing, fern
ptyal - sahva
pubescens - downy
pubi - sexually mature
pulmo - lung
pungens - pungent
pusill - very small
pygo - rump
pyl - gate
pyo - pus
pyro - heat, fire
pyrus - pear
Q
Quadr - four
Quart - four
quin(t/que) - five
R
Rach - spine
Radi - root
Ram - branching
Ran - frog
Rapa - turnip
Raph - seam
Rect - straight
Reflex - bent back
Ren - kidney
Repens - crawling
Reptans - crawling
Retic - network
Retina - little net
Retro - behind, backward
Rhabd - rod
Rhach - spine
Rhage - tear, rent
Rhin - nose, snout
Rhiz - root
Rhodo - red
Rhynch - snout
-rrh - flow
Rode - gnaw
Rogos - wrinkled
Rostr
- beak, prow
Rota - tum, wheel
rub(e)r - red
rumen - throat
S
Sapien - thinking, wise, knowing
Sacchar - sugar
Saccul - little sac
Sacr - sacred
Sagitta -
arrow
Sal - salt
Sanguini - bloody
Sapon - soap
Sarc - flesh
Sativus - cultivated
Saur - lizard/reptile
Scala - ladder
Scalene - uneven
Scaph - anything hollow, bowl, ship
Schizo - split
Scler - hard
Scop - gaze, small owl, broom, shadow
Scut - shield
Scyph - cup
Seba - tallow, wax
Sect - cut
Segetum - in cornfields
Selen - moon
Sella - saddle, seat
Semi - half
Sept - seven, wall
ser(olu) - any body fluid
serot - late
serrat - saw-toothed
set - hair
sex - six
simi - monkey
sinus - hollow, bay
sipho - tube
sol - sun
soma - body
somni - sleep
specios -
showy
sperm - seed
sphen - wedge
sphinct - closing
spinos - spiny
spondyl - vertebra
squalid - squalid
squam - scale
squarros - spreading at tips
stae(rlt) - fat
sta(silt) - standing
steg - covering
stell - star
steno - narrow
stereo - solid
steril - sterile
stern - breastbone
stom - mouth
strat - layer
strept - twisted
strictus - upright, stiff
strigos - having stiff bristles
stroph - turning
stupor - wonder
styl - column
sub - below
sucr - sugar
sulc - furrow
super - beyond
supin - lying back
supra - above
sutur - seam
sym - with
syn - with
syrin(glx) - pipe
sys - with
T
Tachy - fast
Tact - touch
Taenia - ribbon
Talus -
ankle
Tapetum - carpet
Tard - late
Tarsus - ankle
Tect - covered
Tegmen - covering
tel (e/o) - far, end
teleo - complete
temno - cut
tenacul - holding
tentor - spread like a tent
tenuis - slender
ter(ti) - three
teres - round
tetr - four
textilis - of
textiles
thalam - chamber, bed
thalass - sea
theca - case
thel - nipple, female
therm - heat
thero - breast, mammal
thyreo - large shield
tinctori - of dyes
torn - cut
tomentos - densely woolly
torpe - numb
toxo - arrow, dart
trab - beam
trachy - rough
trago - goat
trans - across
trapez - four sided, table
trema - hole
tremulans - trembling
tri - three
trich - hair
trivialis - trivial
troch - wheel
trop - turning
troph - feed
tussi - cough
U
Uliginosus - in marshes
-ul - diminutive
Ulo - wooly
Ultra - above
Umbilic - navel
Un - one
Unc - hook
Ungui - nail, claw
Ungul - hoof, claw
Urens - bum
Uro - tail
Urs - of bears
Utricul - little skin
bag
uv(ela) - grapes
uxor - wife
V
Vagus - wandering
Vas - vessel
Velum - veil
Ven - vein
Ventr - belly
Verd
- green
Veris - true
Verm - worm
Vern - spring
Versi - various
Vesic -
blister
Vesper - evening, western
Vill - shaggy hair, velvet
Virens - green
Visc - organs of body cavity
Vita - life
Vitell - yolk
Vitr - glass
Vora - devour
Vulgaris - common
Vulp - fox
X
Xanth - yellow
Xen - stranger
Xer - dry
Xiphi - sword
Xyl - wood
Z
Zo - animal
Zon - girdle
Zyg - yoke
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